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In every area of practice, WilmerHale brings the insight, dedication to excellence, and commitment to client service needed for our clients to achieve their business objectives. Our five-department structure and team approach to service enable us to provide the highest level of responsiveness and access to lawyers with the most appropriate experience.

Madhu Chugh's practice focuses on governmental enforcement actions, congressional inquiries, internal investigations and high-stakes litigation, particularly in the healthcare, pharmaceuticals, defense and technology sectors. She has helped numerous clients navigate crises, providing strategic counsel to companies facing complex regulatory issues at the intersection of law, policy and business. Ms. Chugh has also filed numerous briefs in federal and state courts and has advised clients on constitutional and statutory issues.

Background

Ms. Chugh has deep experience working on healthcare issues. She teaches Health Law & Policy as an adjunct professor at Georgetown University Law Center and is a scholar at the O'Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law at Georgetown. In 2009, at the invitation of the O'Neill Institute, Ms. Chugh published the article, “Executive Authority to Reform Health,” which analyzed the scope of the President's constitutional and statutory power to enact healthcare reform.

During the 2004 presidential election, Ms. Chugh served as the Director of Health Care Policy for the Kerry-Edwards campaign. She was the Policy Director on Senator Jeanne Shaheen's 2002 campaign, and from 2001-2002, she worked on healthcare policy for Senator Edward Kennedy. During her time in the US Senate, she helped develop and pass the Health Care Safety Net Amendments, which increased funding for community health centers and the National Health Service Corps program, as well as created the Healthy Communities Access Program. In 1998, Ms. Chugh served as Deputy Communications Director on Tom Vilsack's successful gubernatorial campaign in Iowa, where he was the first Democrat to be elected governor in more than 30 years. She then served as the Deputy Communications Director in the Governor's office from 1999 to 2000, where she organized a coalition of 70 groups to help pass legislation that invested Iowa's share of a large tobacco settlement in creating and expanding healthcare programs.

Ms. Chugh is also a devoted and loyal alumna of The University of Texas. In 2013, Ms. Chugh was named an Outstanding Young Texas Ex, one of four alumni under the age of 40 recognized for significant career achievements and service to the University. In 2014, Ms. Chugh was elected to the Board of Directors for the Ex-Students' Association of The University of Texas.

Ms. Chugh currently serves on the panelist of judges for the MacArthur Foundation's $100 million grant competition entitled “100&Change.”

Honors & Awards

Recipient of the 2013 Outstanding Young Texas Ex Award, which recognizes University of Texas alumni who are 40 or under, distinguished in their fields, and have demonstrated a continuing interest in the university

Publications & News

WilmerHale Senior Associate Madhu Chugh, has been selected to receive the 2013 Outstanding Young Texas Ex Award from her alma mater, the University of Texas. Chugh is one of four University of Texas alumni who have been selected by the Texas Exes to receive the award for 2013.

In every area of practice, WilmerHale brings the insight, dedication to excellence, and commitment to client service needed for our clients to achieve their business objectives. Our five-department structure and team approach to service enable us to provide the highest level of responsiveness and access to lawyers with the most appropriate experience.